SIGGRAPH 96, World's Largest Computer Graphics Conference and Exhibition, Draws Over 28,500 to New Orleans

(New Orleans, LA) -- More than 28,500 creative, technical, and business
professionals from around the world attended SIGGRAPH 96, the 23rd
Annual International Conference on Computer Graphics and Interactive
Techniques, 4-9 August 1996, in New Orleans at the Ernest N. Morial
Convention Center.
State-of-the-art technology was presented through
a comprehensive technical program, three-day exhibition, and special
venues focusing on art, animation, applications, and interactivity.

Keynote speaker Douglas Adams, author of "The Hitchhiker's Guide to
the Galaxy," challenged the over 2,500 people who attended the
keynote/award session to recognize how important building bridges
between the arts and sciences is to the future creative use of
computer technology.

The SIGGRAPH 96 Exhibition, a benchmark for the diversity and
exponential growth of computer graphics, showcased 321 exhibitors in a
record-breaking 157,800 net square feet.

"The SIGGRAPH experience is rich with personal stories. Every
encounter, every connection, every discovery yields a story and
carries our continuum further," said Conference Chair John Fujii at
the opening session. "At the heart of this conference, you (the
attendees) are that feverishly burning star of computer graphics. By
taking a chance here, by seizing an opportunity there, you expand the
field of possibilities. It is not merely the power of the processor,
but it is the power of the ideas springing from your connected
pursuits that guarantees an exciting future for us all."

SIGGRAPH 97, the 24th Annual International Conference on Computer
Graphics and Interactive Techniques, will be held in Los Angeles at
the Los Angeles Convention Center, 3-8 August 1997.
The SIGGRAPH 97 Call for Participation is online at: